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{{short description|Lebanese football player and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = May 2020}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ali|El Choum|lang=Lebanese}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sami El Choum
| image =
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| fullname = Sami Ali El Choum<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|sami-el-choum/250748|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia<ref name=GSA/>
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]], [[centre-back]]
| currentclub = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] (assistant coach)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1997–2002
| youthclubs1 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]
| years1 = 2002–2013
| clubs1 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = [[Homenetmen Beirut (football)|Homenetmen]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2017
| managerclubs1 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]
| manageryears2 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs2 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]
| manageryears3 = 2018–2021
| managerclubs3 = [[AC Sporting|Sporting]]
| manageryears4 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs4 = [[AC Sporting|Sporting]]
| manageryears5 = 2023–
| managerclubs5 = [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]] (assistant)
}}
'''Sami Ali El Choum''' ({{langx|ar|سامي علي الشوم}}; born 22 June 1982) is a Lebanese [[Association football|football]] coach and former player who is assistant coach of {{Lebanese football updater|Ansar}} club [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]].
A [[defensive midfielder]] for [[Lebanese Premier League]] side [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]], El Choum remained at the Beirut-based club for over 10 years, winning multiple titles. He played for [[Homenetmen Beirut (football)|Homenetmen]] in the Lebanese Second Division for one year. El Choum represented the [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon national team]] in 2003.
Between 2017 and 2018 El Choum coached Ansar, winning the [[2016–17 Lebanese FA Cup]], before becoming coach of [[Lebanese Third Division|Third Division]] side [[AC Sporting|Sporting]] in 2018, leading them to back-to-back promotions to the Premier League. He returned to Ansar in 2023 as assistant coach.
== Club career ==
El Choum signed for Ansar's youth side on 31 October 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول|url=https://www.kooora.com/?player=7493|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.kooora.com}}</ref> He debuted in the [[Lebanese Premier League]] during the [[2002–03 Lebanese Premier League|2002–03 season]].<ref name=":0">{{NFT player|3757|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> During his time at Ansar, El Choum won two league titles ([[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Lebanese Premier League|2006–07]]), for [[Lebanese FA Cup|Lebanese FA Cups]] (2005–06, 2006–07, [[2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup|2009–10]], [[2011–12 Lebanese FA Cup|2011–12]]), and one [[Lebanese Super Cup]] (2012).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebcuphist.html|access-date=2020-06-21|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref> In 2015 El Choum played for [[Lebanese Second Division]] side [[Homenetmen Beirut (football)|Homenetmen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=الحكمة وهومنتمن (2-3): رصاص ذهاباً وشتائم وشغب وإشكالات إياباً|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/18550|access-date=2020-06-21|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}</ref>
==International career==
On 23 August 2003 El Choum made his senior international debut for [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]], in a friendly against [[Syria national football team|Syria]]; Lebanon won 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Lebanon vs. Syria (1:0)|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/18891/Lebanon_Syria.html|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en}}</ref> He played a total of four games for his country, all in 2003.<ref name=":0" />
== Managerial career ==
=== Ansar ===
Initially a coach for [[Al Ansar FC|Ansar]]'s youth sides since 2013,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-13|title=(بعد طول إنتظار) ما حققه إبن نادي الأنصار المدرب سامي الشوم "حقا إنجاز ".|url=http://alayamsport.com/archives/3836|access-date=2020-06-21|website=موقع الايام|language=ar}}</ref> El Choum became the assistant coach of [[Zoran Pešić (footballer, born 1951)|Zoran Pešić]], Ansar's first team coach.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-10|title=الشوم لكووورة: هذه أسباب إخفاق الأنصار بالدوري اللبناني|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=573716|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref> El Choum became Ansar's coach on 5 February 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-10|title=الشوم يتولي تدريب الأنصار بصفة رسمية|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=560387|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref> helping them lift the [[2016–17 Lebanese FA Cup]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=سامي الشوم مدربا للشباب العربي|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=756203|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=الشوم لكووورة: الأنصار جاهز للمنافسة في الدوري اللبناني|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=587749|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref> In 2017 El Choum became Ansar's assistant coach, before being re-called as temporary head coach on 27 November 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=الشوم مدربا مؤقتاً للأنصار|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=647439|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref> during the [[2017–18 Lebanese Premier League|2017–18 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=التغيير الـ15 في الجهاز الفني خلال خمس سنوات|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/257025|access-date=2020-06-21|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}</ref> On 16 January 2018 El Choum resigned from his coaching position.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-16|title=مدرب الانصار سامي الشوم يقدم استقالته|url=https://sadasour.net/archives/40471|access-date=2020-06-21|website=صدى صور|language=ar}}</ref>
=== Sporting ===
El Choum was appointed head coach of [[AC Sporting|Sporting]] in the [[Lebanese Third Division]], ahead of the [[2018–19 Lebanese Third Division|2018–19 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 October 2018|title=قائمة لاعبي فريق سبورتينغ بقيادة المدرب سامي الشوم|url=https://www.facebook.com/acsportingbeirut/photos/a.2227649877509970/2228342164107408|access-date=14 April 2021|website=Facebook|publisher=[[AC Sporting|Sporting]]}}</ref> He helped them win the league,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanese League Third Division 2018/2019|url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=16034&stage=1|access-date=20 March 2019|website=www.goalzz.com}}</ref> and returned to the [[Lebanese Second Division]] after five years.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|title=Club History|url=https://sportingbeirut.com/club-history|access-date=2021-04-14|website=AC Sporting|language=en|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201133539/https://sportingbeirut.com/club-history|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following season, in [[2020–21 Lebanese Second Division|2020–21]], he led the team to win the Second Division,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=بالصور.. سبورتينج والحكمة يتأهلان لدوري الدرجة الأولى|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1022244|access-date=2021-04-16|website=كووورة}}</ref> and qualify to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in their history.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hijazi|first=Alloffs|date=2021-04-12|title=سبورتينغ في دوري الاضواء للمرة الأولى في تاريخه|url=https://elmaestrosport.com/%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%ba-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84%d9%89/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=El Maestro Sport|language=ar}}</ref>
=== Return to Ansar ===
In August 2023, El Choum returned to Ansar as assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?n=1259866 | title=الأنصار يجري تعديلا على جهازه الفني | date=7 August 2023 }}</ref>
== Personal life ==
El Chom has two younger brothers, [[Ahmad El Choum|Ahmad]] and [[Kassem El Choum|Kassem]], who have also played football.<ref>{{Cite web|title=رضا عنتر وجيلبرتو وجمال طه وبرومند.. أكثر من 30 لاعباً ولدوا خارج لبنان ومثّلوا المنتخب اللبناني|url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2571|access-date=2021-03-16|website=lebanonfg.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=الشوم لكووورة: الأنصار جاهز للمنافسة في الدوري اللبناني|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=587749|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=قاسم الشوم .. موهبة شابة تحلم بالتألق في الموسم الجديد|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=603955|access-date=2020-06-21|website=كووورة}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player===
'''Ansar'''
* [[Lebanese Premier League]]: [[2005–06 Lebanese Premier League|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Lebanese Premier League|2006–07]]
* [[Lebanese FA Cup]]: 2005–06, 2006–07, [[2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup|2009–10]], [[2011–12 Lebanese FA Cup|2011–12]]
* [[Lebanese Super Cup]]: 2012
===Manager===
'''Ansar'''
* Lebanese FA Cup: [[2016–17 Lebanese FA Cup|2016–17]]
'''Sporting'''
* [[Lebanese Second Division]]: [[2020–21 Lebanese Second Division|2020–21]]
* [[Lebanese Third Division]]: [[2018–19 Lebanese Third Division|2018–19]]
==See also==
* [[List of Lebanese people in Saudi Arabia]]
* [[List of Lebanon international footballers born outside Lebanon]]
* [[List of association football families]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{FA Lebanon|17010}}
* {{Soccerway|180287}}
* {{Goalzz|7493}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Choum, Sami}}
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